Work-holder



(No Model.)

S. D. ERB.

WORK HOLDER.

No. 525,950. Patented Sept. 11, 1894.

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{UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL D. ERB, OF SHIREMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

WORK-HOLDER.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,950, datedSeptember 11, 1894.

Application filed June 22, 1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known, that I, SAMUEL D. ERB, of Shiremantown, in the county ofCumberland and btate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Work- Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in work holders and particularlyto that class in which the work is held by a device attached to thedress of the sewing woman, for instance, and it consists in certainnovel details of construction all of which will be described in thefollowing specification and pointed out particularly in the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the guard or shield broken away.

Similar letters of reference in both figures indicate the same parts.

In the preferred construction, the device consists of a single piece ofwire bent about midway of its length to form a coil A, and its endsextend from this coil and form the members B and O, the latter of whichis movable and has a pointed end, forming a pin by which the device maybe attached to the desired article. The other member B is stav tionaryand at the end opposite to the coil is bent up and back to form the workhold- Serial No. 515,411- (No model.)

desired, without the necessity of having to unfasten the device from thedress, as is the case where an ordinary pin is used to fasten the workto the dress to hold it.

It will be noted that the device is very simple, can be cheaply made,and is admirably adapted for the usefor which it is intended, as itholds the work securely and is not liable to become nnfastened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- As a newarticle of manufacture a work holder formed of a single piece of wire,pointed at both ends, having the short reversely turned work holdinghook E at one end, the coilor spring A intermediate the ends, thestraight movable spring attaching pin or arm O. and the guard D at thebase of the hook E; substantially as described.

SAMUEL D. ERB. Witnesses:

J. M. SMALL, A. E. BRANDT.

